Have Any American Applicants Received Notification Yet?

[acpc2203]

Not coming off as a weeb or as someone who wants to stay in Japan after JET usually helps.

[Ini]

unless you wrote a 6 page thesis on how the Diaoyu belong to their rightful people it was probably down to something stupid like stapling the papers together or blatantly admitting to being a homosexual.

[mothy]

If JET is trying to keep homosexuals out they're doing a terrible job.

[patjs]

no idea, could be anything really. From what I've heard/read it might not even be done in house. Like another company sits down with a rubric and there's a point cutoff you have to hit or something along those lines. (worth noting the video I got most of this from is from ~2011.)

Sorry you didn't make it

I am not sure if it's actually outsourced but I do know they hire a bunch of temporary help and yes it is simply graded on straight points with a rubric. Each section is scored and if you make a certain point total you get an interview. If not you get binned.

To anyone who wants to claim it's "random," it's anything but. You could argue over the criteria but rest assured there are specific guidelines to grade you with. It isn't someone sitting down and leafing through your papers and then arbitrarily tossing it into a pile.

[Frap]

If JET is trying to keep homosexuals out they're doing a terrible job.

got any gaysian friends?